Admonish

  • 1214. WOMEN (an-Nisa') — In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. 1. O people! Fear your Lord, who created you from a single soul, and created from it its mate, and propagated from them many men and women. And revere God whom you ask about, and the parents. Surely …

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  • 122admonition — (n.) late 14c., amonicioun reminding, instruction, from O.Fr. amonicion admonition, exhortation, from L. admonitionem (nom. admonitio), noun of action from pp. stem of admonere (see ADMONISH (Cf. admonish)). Meaning warning is early 15c. The d… …

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  • 123admonitory — (adj.) 1590s, from L.L. admonitorius, from L. admonitus, pp. of admonere (see ADMONISH (Cf. admonish)) …

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  • 124distinguish — 1560s, from M.Fr. distinguiss , stem of distinguer, or directly from L. distinguere to separate between, separate by pricking, from dis apart (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + stinguere to prick (see EXTINGUISH (Cf. extinguish), and Cf. L. instinguere …

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  • 125monitor — {{11}}monitor (n.) 1540s, senior pupil at a school charged with keeping order, etc., from L. monitor one who reminds, admonishes, or checks, also an overseer, instructor, guide, teacher, agent noun from monere to admonish, warn, advise, related… …

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  • 126remonstrate — v 1. expostulate, plead in protest, argue, reason against, object, protest; say no to, dissent, oppose, take issue, take exception, beg to differ; make one s stand against, balk at, draw the line at, stand and be counted against, vote against;… …

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  • 127reprimand — rep•ri•mand [[t]ˈrɛp rəˌmænd, ˌmɑnd[/t]] n. 1) a severe rebuke, esp. a formal or official one 2) to reprove or rebuke severely • Etymology: 1630–40; < F réprimande, MF reprimend < L reprimenda that is to be repressed, neut. pl. ger. of… …

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  • 128monster — [13] Monster originated as a word for a ‘divine omen or warning’. It goes back via Old French monstre to Latin mōnstrum, a derivative of the verb monēre ‘warn’. From its original sense ‘warning of misfortune, evil omen’, mōnstrum was transferred… …

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